Gardening tool

ABSTRACT

A gardening tool comprising: a plurality of sickle shaped blades having aligned outer and inner edges; a bar extending at right angles to said blades and disposed therebetween to form a rigid structure with said blades; an elongated handle extending at right angles to said bar; and a fork extending between one end of the handle and the inner edges of the blades, the fork being secured to the handle end and to the first means.

United States Patent [191 Heckner [54] GARDENING TOOL 3,408,803 l1/l968Vanderveer ..56/400.0l

3,299,545 1/1967 Husted ..56/400.l6 [75] Inventor 3'22: Heckner Camzozo3,413,790 12/1968 Eads et al... ..56/400.06 l 1,339,436 5/1920 Conrad..56/400.07 [73] Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization,

Inc., New York, NY. Primary Examiner-Russell R. Kinsey [22] Filed: Aug18, 1972 Attorney-Rmhard S. Shreve, Jr.

[ 1 pp 281,828 57 ABSTRACT A gardening tool comprising: a plurality ofsickle [52] US. Cl ..56/400.16, 172/380 Shaped blades having alignedouter and inner edges; 3 [51] Int. Cl. ..A0ld 7/00 bar extending atright angles to Said blades and [58] Fleld 0f Search ..56/400.01,400.04, disposed therebetween to form a gi Structure with 56/40005 40016said blades; an elongated handle extending at right an- 40021 72/37 I380 gles to said bar; and a fork extending between one end of the handleand the inner edges of the blades, the [56] References Clted fork beingsecured to the handle end and to the first UNITED STATES PATENTS means-],61 1,508 l2/l926 Bishop ..l72/380 1 Claim, 4 Drawing Figures GARDENINGTOOL SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION My invention is directed to a manuallyoperable gardening tool which can be used to rake, cut and thin heavygrasses and the like.

To this end, a plurality of parallel thin sickle shaped blades aredisposed in parallel spaced relationship with aligned inner and outeredges and are interconnected by first means extending at right anglesthereto. An elongated handle extends at right angles to the first means.One end of the handle is disposed adjacent the inner aligned surfaces ofthe blades. Second means interconnects this adjacent end of the handleto the first means.

The blades can be shaped to each have a rounded endand an oppositepointed end and to have a portion of the inner edge formed into acutting edge.

The user can then operate the tool, without bending, from a standingposition with the use of the handle. By suitable employment of therounded ends, the pionted ends and the cutting edge the tool can be usedas a rake, as a thinner of grass, as a grass cutter and other allieduses.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a perspective of my tool;

FIG. 2 is a side elevation of a blade used in my tool;

FIG. 3 is a detail of a portion of the structure of FIG. 1; and

FIG. 4 is a detail exploded perspective of another portion of thestructure of FIG. 1.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring now to FIGS 1-4,I provide a plurality of thin parallel spaced sickle shaped metal bladeshaving aligned outer and inner edges. Each blade has a pointed end 12and an opposite rounded end 14. Each blade also has a centrally disposedsquare shaped hole 16 with a portion of the inner edge between this holdand the pointed end honed into a cutting edge 18.

Hollow elongated spacers 20, square shaped in cross section, aredisposed between the holes of adjacent blades. A square shaped elongatedbar 22 extends through all spacers and holes with exposed oppositerounded threaded ends engaged by lock nuts 24 to hold the structurerigidly together.

An elongated handle 26 extending at right angles to bar 22 has one endinserted into sleeve 28. The other end of the sleeve is biforcated witharms 30 disposed about two transversely spaced spacers 20 adjacent opposite ends of the bar whereby the handle is joined rigidly with theremainder of the structure. The resultant tool can then be used aspreviously described.

While I have described my invention with particular reference to thedrawings, such is not to be considered as limiting its actual scope.

Having thus described this invention, what is asserted as new is:

l. A gardening tool comprising:

a plurality of parallel spaced sickle shaped blades each having alignedinner and outer edges and a central square hole, the inner edge of eachblade adjacent one selected end having a cutting edge, and one selectedblade end is pointed and the opposite end is rounded;

a square bar extending at right angles to said blades and passingthrough all of said central square holes to form a rigid structure withsaid blades;

square spacers on said bar between said blades;

an elongated handle extending at right angles to said square bar; and

a fork extending between one end of the handle and the inner edges ofthe blades, said fork being secured to said handle end and to said bar.

1. A gardening tool comprising: A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL SPACED SICKLESHAPED BLADES EACH HAVING ALIGNED INNER AND OUTER EDGES AND A CENTRALSQUARE HOLE, THE INNER EDGE OF EACH BLADE ADJACENT ONE SELECTED ENDHAVING A CUTTING EDGE, AND ONE SELECTED BLADE END IS POINTED AND THEOPPOSITE END IS ROUNDED; A SQUARE BAR EXTENDING AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAIDBLADES AND PASSING THROUGH ALL OF SAID CENTRAL SQUARE HOLES TO FORM ARIGID STRUCTURE WITH SAID BLADES; SQUARE SPACERS ON SAID BAR BETWEENSAID BLADES; AN ELONGATED HANDLE EXTENDING AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAIDSQUARE BAR; AND A FORK EXTENDING BETWEEN ONE END OF THE HANDLE AND THEINNER EDGES OF THE BLADES, SAID FORK BEING SECURED TO SAID HANDLE ENDAND TO SAID BAR.